Attested January 1910 – 1st Battalion Awarded 2nd class Certificate of Education Nov/1911 – Appointed Bandsman. 27 April 1914 – Proficiency Pay Granted. Class II.at 3d 22 April 1914 – Medal Index Card entered France 08 September 1914 – Awarded Military Medal 27 October 1918 (1st East Yorkshire Regiment War Diary) – Mention in Despatches 1st Battalion Sir D Haigs Despatches 8 November 1918 – Band Sergeant 1st Battalion 01 April 1920 – Mentioned in Despatches Snapper May 1919 – Promoted to temporary rank under ACI 386 of 1919 relinquish and revert to substantive rank of Corporal 01 May 1920 – Re-numbered 4334196